So, I began the first month of Chalean Extreme on Monday 9/19/16. I have also cut grains, sugar, and packaged foods from my diet.
I did pretty well Monday until after dinner. I was suddenly really tired and just wanted to go to bed. I was very grumpy, but it didn’t feel like it was from hunger. Maybe it was tiredness, maybe it was lack of sugar? I woke up just fine Tuesday morning (grumpiness gone).
During week one, I never felt deprived or starving. And when I felt hungry, I didn't feel the need to eat junk food. That was pretty shocking, because I expected to be dying for chocolate or soda or bread. Nope. Weird!
I endured 2 baseball games with my healthy snacks, even though my kids and others were eating pizza, chocolate, etc. Someone even gave my daughter a Reese's peanut butter cup and I didn't even feel the need to take a bite. My son even gave me a bag of M&M’s to “watch” for him. I feel like Super Woman!
I was also able to make good choices eating out 4 times that week (I had 2 taco salads that I didn't eat the fried shell, I had a chicken pistachio salad & I had a chicken salad from Chipotle-no rice). I'm not normally one to order salads, but all of those were delicious!
The huge win of the week is that I went to Women's Retreat with ladies from my church. I was able to resist gas station treats and soda on our car ride there and I was able to manipulate the meals they served us at the campground to fit into my plan. The hardest was dinner: a breaded chicken breast with spaghetti noodles and garlic bread. I scraped the breading off the chicken and pushed the noodles and bread aside. So, I ate the chicken, the sauce, the steamed broccoli and had a side salad from the salad bar. I also resisted the cookies, scones, brownies, cupcakes, and all you can drink soda fountain. And I never felt deprived or sad about it.
A couple slip ups to report. We were in VERY close company during the worship and speaking sessions so I did eat a mint one night and I had a couple pieces of gum while up there, as well. The food they were serving us really made for bad breath! I also had “real bacon bits” on my potato and salads at Retreat. I’m pretty sure they are real… And when I came home, my mother-in-law (who had helped my husband watch our kids while I was gone) had set aside a homemade chocolate chip cookie for me. I ate it and enjoyed it and tried not to feel guilty about it.
I finished strong on Sunday by resisting the doughnuts at church and choosing the chicken salad at Chipotle for lunch.
Other notables: on Thursday (day 4), I was vacuuming and suddenly felt very clammy and a little nauseous. I'm not sure what that was all about, but I think it may be a sign of my body detoxing from sugar. I've heard of flu-like and allergy symptoms when people go off of sugar. Maybe that was it?
Also, I feel like I was getting better sleep and feeling better when I woke up. In fact, at Retreat, we had very little sleep at night and I woke up just fine in the morning. Most everyone else seemed groggy or still sleepy or they were searching for coffee, but I felt great (just hungry for breakfast).
No noticeable change in the way my clothes are fitting and I won’t get on a scale or take measurements until after week 4.
Stay tuned.
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